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Join us on December 2nd for Sounds of the Season with some of Atlanta’s best musicians and performers! Just back from a national tour with Blair Crimmins and the Hookers, professional Jazz and Ragtime pianist, Dustin Cottrell joins DOWNING STREET Band (Rhonda Lashbrooks, Troy Lashbrooks, and Owen Barnes) for a Holiday Extravaganza! Bob Bakert and Marla & the Hipsters (Marla […]

Hungry Ear is proud to present a special Singer-Songwriter Night with ‘Old Friends from the Freight Room’ – featuring Cyndi Craven, Steve Cullen, Jerry Brunner, and Chuck Henderson, AND a special performance by Bill Kahler and Friends! Hear some of your favorite singers, songwriters and musicians share memories, stories, and songs from the Old Freight Room in Decatur, GA – […]

Rev. Terry Davis, Northwest’s minister, led congregation members and joined other Georgia UUs in Atlanta’s Women’s March for Social Justice, a sister protest of the Women’s March on Washington. Despite heavy morning rains, more than 60,000 people gathered in downtown Atlanta as clouds dispersed and sunshine filled the streets. Watch this video of the march.

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/292557637″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] by Jay Kiskel, Worship Associate Delivered at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation on October 30, 2016 With whom do we covenant? To whom do we extend our promise to honor the strength found in our diversity, to embrace the full measure of our common humanity, to communicate in kindness? I would like us to ponder the […]

On Sunday, August 28, 2016 Northwest members and friends had an opportunity to say “hello” to Dana Poss, Northwest’s Acting Director of Religious Education (DRE). Last Sunday, there was a tearful, hug-filled “good-bye” to Northwest’s long time DRE, Elizabeth Hickman. We are sorry to see Elizabeth step down, but are very happy to secure such a skilled and experienced interim […]

On Sunday, August 21, 2016, Northwest members bade farewell to their long time Director of Religious Education (DRE) Elizabeth Hickman during a reception held after the service. Amid tears, hugs and smiles many people thanked Elizabeth for her wonderful and loving service to the children of Northwest. Elizabeth Hickman became Northwest’s DRE in 2011. In a letter to the congregation […]

A contingent of Northwest members attended the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly in Columbus, OH at the start of our Public Witness for Racial Justice on June 23, 2016. Pictured in the photo (l-r) David Stewart, Chair of the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) committee, Ruth and Mani Subramanian, Rev. Terry Davis, David Morgen (president).

Rev. Terry Davis, along with members of Northwest and UUCA, were among the estimated 2,000 persons who gathered on June 14 at Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights Center to honor the lost lives and wounded victims in the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly mass shooting at an Orlando gay night club. The “We are Orlando: Vigil and Community Gathering” hosted by the LGBT Institute […]

Unitarian Universalists from Emerson and Northwest congregations gathered with others on June 2, 2016 in Marietta East Cobb Park to show their support for gun safety awareness. The event was part of a nationwide awareness campaign by Wear Orange. Wear Orange emerged from the tragic shooting of Hadiya Pendleton on January 21, 2013 in Chicago. Hadiya one week earlier had […]

Several Northwest members and friends attended the Annual Meeting of the Mountain Retreat and Learning Center in Highlands, NC over the Memorial Day weekend (May 27 – 29, 2016). The Mountain, founded by Unitarian Universalists in 1979, is a non-profit year-round ecologically conscious retreat and learning center serving businesses, non-profits, schools, churches and other groups. The Mountain also offers a […]